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10 Things to do Friday, July 26

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. DRIVER A FOCUS IN SPAIN CRASH PROBE
Investigators say the driver and the train’s speed regulation systems could have contributed to the disaster that killed 80. SPAIN-TRAIN DERAILMENT

2. EGYPT BRACES FOR MASS RALLIES
The country’s top general told people to take to the streets to give him the mandate to fight “violence and terrorism.” EGYPT

2. POPE TELLS YOUNG TO MAKE ‘TROUBLE IN THE DIOCESES’
Francis, elected on a mandate to reform the church, has visited one of Rio’s most violent slums and cast off his security detail to get close to his flock. BRAZIL-POPE

4. CLEVELAND KIDNAP SUSPECT IN PLEA TALKS TO AVOID DEATH PENALTY
Another hearing is set today for Ariel Castro, charged with holding three women in his home for years, beating and raping them. MISSING WOMEN FOUND

5. A BLACK EYE FOR HEDGE FUNDS
The AP’s Christina Rexrode writes the insider-trading indictment of SAC Capital Advisers is the latest blow to an industry once seen as an easy path to fortune. HEDGE FUND-FALLEN STARS

6. HOW FAST TRAIN WAS GOING IN SPAIN
Survivor Stephen Ward says a screen in front of him signaled the train was going 121 mph shortly before it crashed. SPAIN-TRAIN DERAILMENT-UTAH